This is critical and not getting enough attention. There are some really hard problems to solve, most of which aren't even technical. Hopefully we'd be able to get some good sticky, best-practice threads up after a while.

This is critical and not getting enough attention. There are some really hard problems to solve, most of which aren't even technical. Hopefully we'd be able to get some good sticky, best-practice threads up after a while.

Even more dangerous than missing good advice is all the bad advice you find spread over all discussion threads.

Extremely important. Should also have some howtos for newbies. A good understanding of security tools and their limitations is essential when online anyways, bitcoin or not. Now with people in charge of their own BTC (basically running their own personal banks), these issues are more pressing than ever.

Bitcoin Core developer [PGP]Warning: For most, coin loss is a larger risk than coin theft. A disk can die any time. Regularly back up your wallet through File → Backup Wallet to an external storage or the (encrypted!) cloud. Use a separate offline wallet for storing larger amounts.

Extremely important. Should also have some howtos for newbies. A good understanding of security tools and their limitations is essential when online anyways, bitcoin or not. Now with people in charge of their own BTC (basically running their own personal banks), these issues are more pressing than ever.

+1 Security concerns and how to overcome them is a very pressing issue for the Bitcoin community as a whole. A place where knowledge and good practice can be shared will make the job of thieves much harder.